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Gavit & Co., Engravers & Printers, ND (ca.1850s) Advertising Sheet.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Gavit & Co., Engravers & Printers, ND (ca.1850s) Advertising Sheet.
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This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 04 @ 15:39UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Albany, New York, ND (early 1850s), Gavit & Co., Engravers & Printers, 8.5 x 10 inches, black intaglio printing on translucent parchment type of paper, title at top with description of items printed by Gavit over a circular fanned business card sample of multiple business cards with presidents names in various fonts with a circular small ad in middle stating " Specimens of Card engravings by Gavit & Co., Albany", XF condition with a horizontal fold down the middle. Gavit & Co. was founded by John E. Gavit (1817-1874) in 1841, his printing works were located on State Street, Albany, NY.. The firm was not in the big league of bank note printers. It was one of the seven firms that merged to form the American Bank Note Co. in 1858. The stock in the new American Bank Note Co. was apportioned to the seven founding firms based upon a number of factors such as the amount of business that each controlled, business contacts, and so forth. Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson held the largest percentage of shares (23.9 percent) while the smallest number of shares (2 percent of the shares issued) went to Gavit & Co. of Albany, N.Y.. One biographer states that it was primarily through his efforts and vision that the American Bank Note Co. formation came to fruition and because of that, those efforts were rewarded by Gavit being included in the merger because, by all accounts, Gavit & Co. was a very small player in the overall scheme of things. This is the first time we have offered this interesting and historic advertising sheet from Gavit & Company.